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DECEMBER 2016 FEATURES
4 letter from editor 06 city map 08 features + who ’ s who 10 the opening shade 12 on our radar 16 calendar 18 FOOD 20 dinewrite | arcodoro 22 chef ’ s special | johnny carrabba 24 perfect pair | uchi 26 open 28 club / lounge | the owl bar 30 good eats 32 ART 34 museums 36 exhibits 38 gish at the movies 40 by the books 42 COMMUNITY 44 city of lights 48 “ who was ?” gus s . wortham 50 pathway to prosperity 52 homemade hope 54 where to shop 58 STYLE + LEISURE 60 things I love 62 fat finds 66 gift guide 68 scene 74 the last word
WHO ’ S WHO
PUBLISHER + FOUNDER alejandro martinéz | ext 102 | alex @ localhoustonmagazine . com
PUBLISHER + MARKETING DIRECTOR carla valencia de martinéz | ext 103 | carla @ localhoustonmagazine . com
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF tim moloney | ext 108 | tim @ localhoustonmagazine . com
ART DIRECTOR german arellano | ext 104 | german @ localhoustonmagazine . com
CONTRIBUTING EDITOR victoria bartlett
ASSOCIATE EDITOR ida sameri | ida @ localhoustonmagazine . com
SOCIAL MEDIA DIRECTOR jordan campbell
FASHION EDITOR marzi fatemizadeh | marzi @ localhoustonmagazine . com
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS mike cook , marijose flores , sarah gish , beth levine , janice schindeler , brian tagtmeier ,
gino vian
CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS cody bess , max burkhalter , catchlight group , kennon evett , rebekah flores , sarah miller ,
daniel ortiz , anthony rathbun , carl fehres , ray redding , sofia van der dys , fulton davenport , alexander rogers , gary maltz
CONTRIBUTING ILLUSTRATORS german arellano , sebastian gomez de la torre , christy sanderson
ADVERTISING carlos valencia | carlos @ localhoustonmagazine . com | mobile 713.855.1584
VP , FINANCE allison maness | allison @ localhoustonmagazine . com
INTERN marijose flores , rebekah flores , kayla johnson , jakira gardner
rocco , the office “ gato ”
WEB DESIGNER mdg | creative agency | www . mpiredesigngroup . com
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